2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
index f257326904fd..2138f53e9f54 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
@@ -785,4 +785,6 @@ interface IPackageManager {
     List<String> getMimeGroup(String packageName, String group);
 
     boolean isAutoRevokeWhitelisted(String packageName);
+
+    void grantImplicitAccess(int queryingUid, String visibleAuthority);
 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index 46af6303d04d..0789cfb2af56 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -8018,6 +8018,20 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
                 "getMimeGroup not implemented in subclass");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Grants implicit visibility of the package that provides an authority to a querying UID.
+     *
+     * @throws SecurityException when called by a package other than the contacts provider
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public void grantImplicitAccess(int queryingUid, String visibleAuthority) {
+        try {
+            ActivityThread.getPackageManager().grantImplicitAccess(queryingUid, visibleAuthority);
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            throw e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
+        }
+    }
+
     // Some of the flags don't affect the query result, but let's be conservative and cache
     // each combination of flags separately.